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Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight - NYTimes.comEngineers who run data centers are in high demand as the growth in such facilities struggles to keep up with the increasing demands of Internet-era computing.
Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic - NYTimes.com
Internet service providers are threatening to place limits on the online activity of their most active subscribers.
Homosexual brain resembles that of opposite sex: study
PhysOrg news: Homosexual brain resembles that of opposite sex: study
When the powerless rise up
PhysOrg news: When the powerless rise up
blackbag » A new attack on electronic locks: The magnetic ring
HowStuffWorks "Abandoned City Three: (Parts of) Detroit, Mich."
Detroit abandonment affected parts of the city where the auto industry fell flat. Read about Detroit abandonment and the city's revitalization efforts.
Fold-Ins, Past and Present - The New York Times
Mad magazine fold-ins from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.
Jargon Watch: Quantico Circuit, Thought Marshalling, Macrochip
Get in-depth tech news coverage from Wired and read about how it is shaping culture, education, entertainment, communications and technology.
Iran withdraws $75 billion from Europe: report | International | Reuters
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has withdrawn around $75 billion from Europe to prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions, an Iranian weekly
Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells
PhysOrg news: Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells
Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol - Times Online
“Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal,
33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon
Californian sun.
Ping - Energy Prices Lead Glassmakers to Rethink Their Craft - NYTimes.com
Attempts are under way to make glassmaking, an old, stable technology that requires lots of material and energy, greener.
Old Farming Habits Leave Uzbekistan a Legacy of Salt - NYTimes.com
Seventeen years after the end of the Soviet Union, cotton is still king in Uzbekistan, where the environmental destruction linked to the diversion of rivers for irrigation continues unabated.
As Labor Costs Soar in China, Manufacturers Look to Vietnam - NYTimes.com
A growing number of multinational corporations are pursuing a strategy called “China plus one,” establishing or expanding Asian bases outside China, particularly in Vietnam.
Scientist at Work - Norman T. Uphoff - A Scientist Pioneers a Food Revolution, Starting With Rice - NYTimes.com
Norman T. Uphoff is leading an inconspicuous revolution centered on solving the global food crisis.
The Mundaneum Museum Honors the First Concept of the World Wide Web - NYTimes.com
The Mundaneum Museum honors the first concept of a world wide wonder, sketched out by Paul Otlet in 1934 as a global network of “electric telescopes.”
Cancer Stem Cells Could Cause Tumors, Be Key to Cure | Wired Science from Wired.com
A radical new cancer treatment is about to emerge from a scientific breakthrough in the understanding of how tumors grow. The theory is that a fraction of tumor cells, dubbed
Salad oil scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Been down on a Marine lately? Wait, what? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Found this hilariously subtle change to an advertisement on one of the MUNI cable cars. The original sign said "Been down on a submarine lately?" My hat is off to the perpetrator.
Helpful Bacteria May Hide in Appendix - NYTimes.com
Researchers have come up with a novel explanation of why the appendix exists.
Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West - NYTimes.com
The quagga mussel is colonizing the Colorado River and wreaking ecological havoc.
Tons of PCBs May Come Calling at a Down-at-the-Heels Texas City - NYTimes.com
If a French-owned waste management company has its way, the Port Arthur, Tex., area will be the final destination for 40 million pounds of toxins from Mexico.
Seas Rising and Warming Faster Than Realized - Dot Earth - Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog
Andrew C. Revkin on climate change and sustainable living.
Australians more obese than Americans, study finds
PhysOrg news: Australians more obese than Americans, study finds
Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria
PhysOrg news: Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria
‘Obesity’ gene linked to eating more
PhysOrg news: ‘Obesity’ gene linked to eating more
Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral
PhysOrg news: Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral
Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution
PhysOrg news: Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution
Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers
PhysOrg news: Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers
The endowment effect | It’s mine, I tell you | Economist.com
Mankindâ??s inner chimpanzee refuses to let go. This matters to everything from economics to law
Japan gripped by suicide epidemic - Times Online
Japanese professionals in their thirties are killing themselves at
unprecedented rates, as the nation struggles with a runaway suicide
epidemic.
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